Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday,1 February, 2024 said his administration has procured additional rolling stocks for the Blue Line and Red Line rail operations, to bring more relief to millions of Lagos residents. He said the additional rolling stocks are expected to arrive in Lagos before the end of the year. The Lagos State team through its partners was able to secure an agreement for the additional rolling stocks for the Blue Line and Red Line rail lines to be ready within a year and delivered before the end of the year as against the normal two-year…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Lagos State Government on Thursday, 1 February, 2024, visited the Household of David Church after the fire incident that engulfed the church yesterday to commiserate with the management and members of the church. The Government enjoined churches and other stakeholders to embrace government’s engagement going on to reduce the spate of fire incidents in the State. Addressing senior church management, members and pressmen during the visit to the church premises on Adeniyi Jones Industrial Estate, Ikeja Lagos, the state Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-governmental Relations, Mr Olugbenga Oyerinde expressed sadness at result of the fire outbreak while extending the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Nigerian actress named Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Federal High sitting in Lagos for spraying and stepping on the new naira notes at a social event in Lagos State. The court presided over by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke handed down the judgment on Omoseyin on Thursday, 1 February, 2024. The convict was first arraigned on February 13, 2023, by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,( EFCC), on two-count charges, to which she pleaded “not guilty,” just as he was subsequently granted bail on February 15, 2023.…
Ekiti State Government has presented the breakdown of the N159.6Billion 2024 Budget signed into law by Governor Biodun Oyebanji on 27th December, 2023 to the public. At a public presentation of the breakdown and analysis of the budget tagged “ Budget of Sustainable Growth and Development”, held at Jibowu hall, Governor’s office, Ado- Ekiti, the state’s Commissioner for Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management, Mr Niyi Adebayo, who gave a breakdown of the budget estimates, said the thrust of the fiscal document is to sustain the administration’s policy of shared prosperity through the six-pillar agenda of the government. According to…
By Mark Adebayo “At the root of real honor is always the sense of the sacredness of the person who is its object.” – Marilynne Robinson. WHEN the highest decision-making authorities on Islamic matters in Egbaland zeroed in on Lateefat Oyeyemi Kolapo as the next Iyalode of Egba Muslims, they scored a bull’s eye. Judging by the constellation of great Muslim personalities of Egba origin who permeate the Egba landscape home and abroad, equally qualified for this exalted title, I can only imagine the complex labyrinth of choices that they had to navigate before deciding that this…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced N7 billion, suspected to be proceeds of fraud to a religious organisation. The Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ola Olukoyede disclosed this on Wednesday, 31 January, 2024, the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption.” He said the EFCC was investigating a N13 billion fraud case when it discovered N7 billion linked to a religious body. He added that the organization quickly obtained a restraining order to prevent the EFCC from inviting its leaders. Olukoyede further said the commission will not give…
The Lagos Waste Management Authority, (LAWMA) and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), have met to discuss ways of implementing sustainable waste management strategies, following the recent ban on usage of styrofoam packs in the state. Addressing the stakeholders, managing director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin reiterated the Authority’s commitment to the Lagos State Government’s T.H.E.M.E.S Plus agenda, stressing that the state government had to ban styrofoam to protect the environment and safeguard public health. He said: “It is necessary to establish that lack of access to a good environment, lack of awareness about the dangers of some of the…
The ECOWAS Court has dismissed a case filed by a former employee of the ECOWAS Commission on the ground that she filed her case beyond the time limit. Mrs. Dorothy Etim filed suit ECW/CCJ/APP/44/21, alleging that the ECOWAS Commission and its President wrongfully dismissed her on 8 September 2015. She stated that the incident was based on an allegation that she produced forged documents to access ECOWAS education grant for the benefit of her four children. She told the Court that she was not invited by the Respondents to respond or react to the allegations of “fraud” and “forgery”. She…
The Ogun State Police Command has dismissed three officers over alleged armed robbery and extortion. The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu disclosed this on Tuesday, 30 January, 2024, while parading suspects at the state headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta. The police officers were paraded alongside 27 other suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists. Alamutu told newsmen that the three police officers and a civilian were arrested following a report by one Kashimao Emmanuel, a student at Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode. The suspects are: Inspector Taiwo Kolawole, Inspector John Ogbe and Cpl Idowu Sunday, all attached to…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund has awarded N34 million grant for research on cancer treatment to Yaba College of Technology Research Team. The grant is to enable the researchers to develop an artificial intelligence-based precision medicine solution for prostate cancer treatment with a solution that has the potential to significantly improve outcomes for prostate cancer patients in Nigeria and the world at large. The grant is meant to develop a technique that uses AI to predict optimal drug combinations for individual prostate cancer patients based on analyzes of biopsy tissue samples. Experts in Computer Engineering, Medical…